Softaculous

Topic : please add option to change default installation email address

Posted By: SoftDux on July 17, 2009, 8:46 am

Hi,

Can you please add an option for an end user to change the default installation email address?

Most users don't use their cpanel username as email address. For example, a site called "mydomain.com" might have a username "mydomain", but the client will use "bob@mydomain.com", instead of "mydomain@mydomain.com". So, now on the installation, Bob has to change the email address of the installed script - i.e. for the admin user every time he installs a script

Posted By: alons on July 17, 2009, 3:07 pm | Post: 1

This can be done already.
Please go to the mail settings from the JS Dock next to the Softaculous Logo.

Regards,
ALons

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Posted By: SoftDux on July 17, 2009, 3:30 pm | Post: 2

I think you misunderstood me. When a script is installed, you have an option to specify a default email for the admin. This email is in the format of the cPanel-username@domainname
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Even if you do change the email address in Softaclous, it doesn't change this default email

Posted By: alons on July 17, 2009, 3:40 pm | Post: 3

Well thats a feature we implemented to help admins save the time of typing the same email address again and again.
And also a default value needed to be there.
Hence we added that.
It can be overridden if you just type something into it. Then it will not do anything to that field.

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Posted By: SoftDux on July 17, 2009, 3:49 pm | Post: 4

Yes, I know what it does

BUT, you still need to retype it for every script you install / reinstall. And for someone like us (we do web design & development as well), who manages many client's websites, it almost a nuisance. What I'm asking, is if we can override that default, on a per domain basis.

Posted By: SoftDux on July 17, 2009, 3:50 pm | Post: 5

or, alternatively, could you use the same email address that the client's has assigned as his contact email in cPanel?

Posted By: alons on July 17, 2009, 4:03 pm | Post: 6

Yes we can but how will there be a distinction between who wants that feature and people who want your feature.
What we can do is that we can have a JS link.
It will fill the email field with the default user email that one has fed into softaculous.

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Posted By: SoftDux on July 17, 2009, 4:29 pm | Post: 7

well, it was a suggestion, since the user already defines his email address in cPanel

Posted By: alons on July 18, 2009, 3:05 pm | Post: 8

We appreciate your feedback and your liking towards Softaculous as well of your desire to make softaculous even better.

I have suggested a work around in my above post.
Please let us know of your opinions

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Posted By: SoftDux on July 18, 2009, 6:46 pm | Post: 9

Thank you for considering my opinion

Both options will probably deliver the same results, but I think by using the user's default contact email in cPanel the end user won't need to add an email to the script installer as well.

BUT, as a suggest, leave the field there (pre-filled with the cPanel contact email) so that the user can still change it if he needs to. For example, bob has thisismydomain.com, and his email is bob@mycompany.com, so bob's default email may me set to bob@mycompany.com instead of thisismy@thisismydomain.com.

Now when bob installs say Drupal, he wants the default admin email to be bob@mycompany.com. But, tomorrow he installs phpList and want July to be the default admin (since she will manage the mailing lists for him), so he wants to change it to july@mycompany.com

Doe this make sens?

Posted By: Tyler on July 18, 2009, 7:32 pm | Post: 10

So you're talking something along the lines of what Fantastico has? Where it has the box on the setup screen about "Default Email Address" that can be configured on a per setup basis, but starts with the cPanel email in the field by default?